Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-20

"'Bl', said the conductor. somewhat
scared At the storm he had raised. there
ism, any milk a, the mex, stopping place
Dor q, the ntx, station. neither
"'Can't you stop =, some farm house,
then 2 said Hiram.
There isn't house along the line OF
,hs road for the mex, twenty-five miles.
"'Th,re mus, be cows somewhere
in the pastures in,iiied Hiram II sisb.
bins.
"And who's TO milk them. providing
we see any, asked the conductor, scratch.
ing his head.
"'I. there any lady In the car iha, can
milk cow Inquired Hiram. No one
responding. i,seemed likely tha, no milk.
maid was aboard.
"'w,ll, | can milk COW. said Hi.
ram. Il MIXED herd of EN- twenty.
Eve ysais ago. and am no, ashamed Of H..
Now. Mr.. Conductor, now ,hs, you seem
amebable to reason. you will le, me 90
forward. and when | spo. a COW the en-.
gineer has 20, TO stop the train. for am
bound TO End some milk for ths, baby.
"Oh. the dear. thoughtful man, said
all the women. and 'Bally Tor your cried
the men.
"S,ebbins went forward and took his
place a, the engine. and follcved him.
Cows were scarce in ,hs, prairie region.
Steers there were In plen,y. and horss.
bat 70 cows. Some ,im,s the train
would slack up for = momen, a. some
cattle were ,esn in the distance. bu, they
were not Of the milkable Mind. A half
hour passed, when sefo.' some fences. a
bali mile distant, real. ,rue COW was
seen quietly grazing. She was red
COW. just ,hA, color said TO give the sweet
e., milk. Hirams quick eye had sight
ed her a, once. lie made a motion TO
stop the train and We downed brakes
wi,hou, whi,,ling. ior We were afraid to
frigh,sn of that COW. One Of the brake
men had tin batter kettle, aud tha,
had been ,oouf,d clean. aud otf started
Hiram on . fall run.
"for strange man 20 get 10 close
quarters with = strange COW !, no easy
matter. Hiram Il. wss e,idtn,ly mas.
ter In the AZ, Of COW cornlling. A, hr,
the oo~ seemed 10 avoid Hiram. She
turned snd doubled. and We we're afraid
We would lose her. We could all see
The COW stalking from the cars. And the
excitement was Intense. Hiram u. man
sgsd things beautifully. May be she
was q Kind Of a providsn,iAl COW. lie
was bold, yet coneiliA'ory. A, las, Hi.
ram. after quarter of an hours hard
work. cornsred that COW What II she
were dry 40. she wasn't.
There WAS Hiram Il on his knees,
working away on the Gov fof dear lie.
We all waved our hAndkerehieis 20 him
and the COW. A, la, he seemed TO have
drain,d the COW dry. There were fences
10 climb. aud some Of them barbed wire
ons. whA, IL Hiram ,hoald drop his
butter kettle or spill i,s precious eon,enr,
Finally he reached the cars. and never
was hero more warmly greeted even
the conductor was plsasln, TO him. The
men hollsred themselves hoar.e. and some
Of the women cried. they we're - sxei,.
ed. ons old lady had jus, 'mo,hsr,d
Hiram Il. S,ebbin. with her kisses.
Anyhow. that poor baby 90, hi. hll Of
good. sweet. fresh milk. stopped crying.
and came through safe"
"No sequsl'" asked one Of the listen
er.
"No, that know Of Hiram didn',
many the pretty girl who WAS taking
care Of the baby. me, him three weeks
ago. going north from Atlanta. lie was
s,ill travelling with feathers and women
fying.. lie gave me kind Of surly
noi-,he oldest. old rough diamond you
ever '.ksered up